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How do you change the world : By One ARK - One Act of Random Kindness at a time....
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Sudha Murthy, chairperson, Infosys Foundation is known for her ability to glean interesting stories from the lives of ordinary people. The following is extracted from her latest collection, 'Bombay to Bangalore':
It was the beginning of summer. As I boarded the Udyan Express at Gulbarga, I saw that the 2nd class reserved compartment was jam-packed with people. I sat down and was pushed to the corner of the berth. The ticket collector came in and started checking people's tickets. Suddenly, he looked in my direction and asked, what about your ticket? 'I have already shown my ticket to you', I said.
'Not you madam; the girl hiding below your berth'. I realized that someone was sitting under my berth. When the TC yelled at her, the girl came out of hiding. She was thin, scared and looked like she had been crying profusely. She must have been about 13 or 14 yrs old. The TC started forcibly pulling her out from the compartment.  Suddenly, I had a strange feeling. 'Sir, I will pay for her ticket', I told the TC. He looked at me and said, 'Madam, if you give her 10 rupees, she will be much happier with that than with the ticket.' I didn't listen to him but bought her a ticket to the last destination, Bangalore, so that the girl could get down wherever she wanted. Slowly, she started talking. Her name was Chitra. She lived in a village near Bidar. Her father was a coolie and she had lost her mother at birth. Her father who had remarried, died a few months ago. Since her step mother started ill treating her, she left home in search of a better future. By this time the train had reached Bangalore. I got down from the train and then I saw Chitra watching me with sad eyes. I took compassion on her and took her to our friend Ram's place. Ram managed shelter homes for boys and girl which were supported by Infosys. Chitra had found a home and new direction in her life. I always enquired about her well-being over the phone. Her progress was good and I wanted to sponsor her college studies. But she said, ' No, Akka. I would like to do diploma in computer science so that I can immediately get a job.'  She came out with flying colours in her diploma and obtained a job in a software company.  With her first salary, she bought me a saree and a box of sweets. One day, when I was in Delhi, she called me up to say that her company is sending her to the USA. She wanted to take my blessings but I was here in Delhi. Years passed. Chitra was doing very well and was sending me e-mails regularly. Years later, I was in San Francisco attending the 'Kannada Koota', organized by the Kannada speaking families of California. I was staying in the same hotel where the Kannada meet was taking place. When I checked out of the hotel room and went to the reception to settle the bills, the receptionist said, 'Ma'am, you don't have to pay. The lady over there has already paid your bill.'  I turned around and found Chitra there, standing with a young man. She was looking very pretty in short hair. Her eyes were beaming with happiness. She hugged me and touched my feet. I was overwhelmed with joy. I was very happy to see the way things had turned out for Chitra. But I came back to my original question; 'Chitra, why did you pay my hotel bill?' Suddenly sobbing, she hugged me and said: 'Because you paid for my ticket from Bombay to Bangalore!

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तजुर्बे ने ये 10 बातें मुझे सिखाई हैं ! आप भी ज़रूर पढ़ें !! 1. आजकल लोग समझते 'कम' और समझाते 'ज्यादा' हैं ! तभी तो मामले सुलझते 'कम' उलझते 'ज्यादा' हैं !! 2. ज़ुबान की हिफाज़त, दौलत से ज्यादा मुश्किल है ! 3. गरीबों का मज़ाक मत उड़ाओ, क्याेकि, गरीब होने में वक्त नहीं लगता !! 4. अगर प्रार्थना नहीं कर सकते, तो गुनाह भी मत करो !! 5. दुनिया ये नहीं देखती कि तुम पहले क्या थे ?? बल्कि ये देखती है कि तुम अब क्या हो ?? 6. जहाँ अपनी बात की कदर ना हो, वहां चुप रहना हीं बेहतर है !! 7. धनवान वह नहीं, जिसकी तिजोरी नोटों से भरी है, धनवान तो वो हैं जिसकी तिजोरी रिश्तों से भरी है !! 8. लोगों से मिलते वक्त इतना मत झुको कि, उठते वक्त सहारा लेना पड़े !! 9. शिकायते तो बहुत है तुझसे ऐ जिन्दगी, पर चुप इसलिये हूँ कि जो दिया तूने, वो भी बहुतो को नसीब नहीं होता !! 10. न सफारी में नज़र आई और न ही फरारी में नज़र आई ! जो खुशियाँ साईकिल की सवारी में नज़र आई !

Sweet memory. ..At the moment of when I got elected as a Chairman of Education Committee of Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Mayor Mr.R.T.Kadam and Leader of the House Mr.Pushpakant Mhatre and all member Corporators seen in the picture. .

Excellent gym at our Residential Apartment at Winnipeg Manitoba Province of Canada

એકભાઇ સાંજે કામ પરથી ઘરે આવ્યા.
ઘરનો દરવાજો ખોલતાની સાથે જ
પત્નિએ વિલાયેલા મોઢે કહ્યુ, "
ગામડેથી તમારા પપ્પા આવ્યા છે.
એના ચહેરા પરથી એ કંઇક તકલીફમાં હોય
એમ લાગે છે." વાત સાંભળતાની સાથે જ
પતિના હોશકોશ ઉડી ગયા.મંદીને કારણે
નાનો ધંધો બંધ કરીને નોકરી ચાલુ
કરી દેવી પડી હતી અને માંડ માંડ ઘરનું
ગુજરાન ચાલતુ હતુ
એમા ગામડેથી પિતાજી આવ્યા છે
તો ચોક્કસ કોઇક મદદ માંગવા માટે જ
આવ્યા હશે આ વિચારમાત્રથી એ ભાઇ
ધ્રુજી ગયા.
ઘરમાં પ્રવેશીને મુરઝાયેલા ચહેરે પિતાને
પ્રણામ કર્યા. સાંજનું ભોજન પતાવીને
પિતાએ પુત્રને કહ્યુ, " બેટા, તારી સાથે
થોડી વાતો કરવી છે." પિતાની વાત
સંભળતા જ દિકરાના હૈયામાં ફાળ પડી.
'નક્કી હવે પપ્પા પૈસાની માંગણી મુકશે.
મારી કેવી સ્થિતી છે એનો પપ્પાને
જરા પણ વિચાર નહી આવતો હોય? મને
ફોન કર્યા વગર સીધા જ
અહીંયા પહોંચી ગયા આવતા પહેલા ફોન
કર્યો હોત તો હુ ફોન પર પણ પપ્પાને
મારી મુશ્કેલી જણાવી શકત.'
વિચારોના વાવઝોડામાં સપડાયેલા દિકરાના ખભ્ભા પર
પિતાનો હાથ મુકાયો ત્યારે દિકરાને
ખબર પડી કે
પિતાજી એમની બાજુમાં આવીને
બેસી ગયા છે.
પિતાએ દિકરાને કહ્યુ, " બેટા, તું મહિને
એકાદ વખત ગામડે અમને ફોન કરીને વાત
કરી લેતો પણ છેલ્લા 4
મહિનાથી તારો કોઇ જ ફોન
નથી આવ્યો એટલે તને કંઇક તકલીફ હશે એવુ
મને અને તારી મમ્મીને લાગ્યુ. હું તને
બીજી તો શુ મદદ કરી શકુ પણ મારી પાસે
થોડા ઘરેણા પડેલા હતા એ વેંચીને આ
50,000 રૂપિયા ભેગા થયા છે એ તારા માટે
લાવ્યો છું. હું તો કાલે સવારે ગામડે
ચાલ્યો જઇશ પણ બસ ફોન કરતો રહેજે
તારી મમ્મી બહુ જ ચિંતા કરતી હોય છે અને
કંઇ મુશ્કેલી હોય તો બેધડક કહેજે તારા માટે
જમીન વેંચવી પડે તો એ પણ વેંચી નાંખીશું ."
આટલી વાત કરીને પિતાએ
દિકરાના હાથમાં નોટોનું બંડલ મુકી દીધુ.
દિકરો કંઇજ ન બોલી શક્યો માત્ર
ભીની આંખોએ બાપના ચહેરાને જોઇ
રહ્યો. જે બાપની ભિખારી તરીકે
કલ્પના કરી હતી એ તો ભગવાન બનીને
આવ્યા હતા.
મિત્રો, આપણી મુશ્કેલીના સમયે પોતાનુ
સર્વસ્વ આપીને આપણને મદદ કરનાર
પિતા કોઇ મુશ્કેલીમાં તો નથીને એ
જોવાની ફરજ ભગવાનની નહી, આપણી જ
છે.
આ વાત પર એક શેર...
એનું સર્વસ્વ પુત્રને સોંપી;
બાપ કાયમ જરાકમાં જીવ્યો.
સૌજન્ય પોસ્ટ

મિત્રો પોસ્ટ ગમે તો જરૂર તમે તમારા દોસ્તો સાથે શેર કરો.

ધન્યવાદ.

meaning of
                 ‘Association’

“The rain drop from the sky, if it is caught in hands is    pure enough for drinking.
If it falls in gutter, it’s value drops so much that it can’t be used for washing the feet.
If it falls on hot surface, it perishes.
If it falls on lotus leaf, it shines like a pearl
and finally, if it falls on oyster, it becomes a pearl. The drop is same,
but it’s existence & worth depends on with whom it associates.”

Always be associated with people who are good at heart...

Considerable fear in minds of minorities, says Narayana Murthy
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PTI | Oct 31, 2015, 05.33PM IST
NEW DELHI: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Saturday expressed concerns that there is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India and said the governments should bring back the sense of confidence in them.

"I am not a politician, I am not interested in politics, therefore, I don't want to comment on that but the reality today is that there is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India," he said.

He said there was also "considerable fear" in the minds of people of one region living in another region.

Citing the Shiv Sena campaign against the South Indians living in Mumbai in 1960s, he said, "Today there is a lot of that worry. I get lots of emails, I get a lot of people talking to me even though I stay at home because of my leg."

"The first priority of this government, or for that matter any government, both at the central level and the state level, is to bring back the confidence, the energy, the enthusiasm, the trust in the minds of every Indian that this is our country, I have all the rights here, I am very safe here and therefore I will work towards the betterment of India," Murthy told NDTV.

No country, the IT veteran said, has ever made steady economic progress unless "there is no distrust, there is no fear, unless the majority community doesn't oppress the minority community, doesn't want the minority community to do what it wants etc."